FANTASY FOOTBALL , GAMEWEEK 9 PREVIEW , TEAMS STATS

•West Ham United have won both of their previous home Premier League matches on a Friday, 1-0 against both Coventry City in December 1997 and Tottenham Hotspur last season.

•Brighton & Hove Albion have won only one point (W0 D1 L3) and scored one goal in their four Premier League away matches.

•The Hammers have kept a clean sheet in five of their last seven Premier League matches at London Stadium.

•Watford have not won against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge since 1986.

•Chelsea have lost three of their first eight matches this season. No team has ever lost this many of their opening eight matches and still won the Premier League title.

•The Red Devils are unbeaten in their last 10 league matches against Huddersfield (W7 D3 L0), since a 2-3 away defeat in March 1952.

•Man Utd could become the first team in top-flight history to keep eight clean sheets in their first nine matches of a season.

•Newcastle United have not lost a home Premier League match against a side starting the day bottom of the table since March 1998, winning six and drawing five since a 2-1 defeat to
Crystal Palace at St. James’ Park.

•The Magpies have lost only one of their last nine Premier League matches at home (W5 D3 L1).

•AFC Bournemouth’s 1-0 win at Stoke City last season ended a run of six straight league defeats away against the Potters.

•Swansea City's 2-0 win in February ended a run of four successive Premier League losses against Leicester City, and proved to be Claudio Ranieri’s last PL match in charge of the
Foxes.

•Everton have won two of their last four Premier League home matches against Arsenal (D1 L1), having failed to win any of the previous six against them at Goodison Park.

•Arsenal have beaten Everton more times than any other club has beaten another in English Football League history (94 wins).

•Despite losing only one of their six Premier League meetings with Burnley (W3 D2 L1), Manchester City have faced no other side in the competition without keeping a clean sheet
(six).

•After a run of four wins and a draw between 2010 and 2012, Tottenham Hotspur are winless in their last nine Premier League matches against Liverpool (W0 D3 L6).